Thematic Inquiry Through Fiction and Nonfiction, Prek to Grade 6 [Paperback]

Everything you need to teach sound library lessons is right in this book!

Includes both fiction and non-fiction books for grades PreK- 5
Employs the productive and sound inquiry method for elementary students
Attracts the interest of students and fires their intellectual curiosity while teaching to the standards

Explore how outstanding fiction and nonfiction titles can be integrated into thematic inquiry in preschool and elementary classrooms. Each thematic inquiry unit has four sections: Read it! describes a sample dialogic reading of one of the fiction or nonfiction books; Integrate it! gives concrete examples of how specialized subjects and technology can be integrated with the fiction or nonfiction selections; Do it! describes hands-on activities that are integral to the use of fiction and nonfiction for inquiry; and Assess it! enumerates across-the-curriculum standards met in the thematic inquiry. Targeted to teachers, librarians, and literacy coaches who work with preschool and elementary students, this is also a powerful and practical resource for administrators, parents, consultants, and professors interested in employing inquiry-based learning.

This guide for teachers, librarians, and literacy coaches focuses on inquiry-based learning and details how fiction and nonfiction books can be integrated into thematic inquiry in preschool and elementary classrooms. MacDonnell, a library coordinator, provides 16 units that each outline sample questions, vocabulary, hands-on activities, and connected national standards. She gives background on inquiry-based learning and how it works, followed by the units on personal well- being, products people make and use, community, and the natural environment. Each unit includes an annotated list of books to use. Reference & Research Book News

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